Russia's War in Afghanistan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Russia's_War_in_Afghanistan

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War
gptkbp:casualties	Afghan civilians: ~1 million killed Afghan government forces: ~18,000 killed Mujahideen: ~90,000 killed Soviet military: ~15,000 killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan gptkb:Mujahideen Pakistan (support) Saudi Arabia (support) United States (support)
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Leonid_Brezhnev gptkb:Babrak_Karmal gptkb:Ahmad_Shah_Massoud gptkb:Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar Hafizullah Amin Mohammad Najibullah
gptkbp:displacedPeople	~5 million Afghan refugees
gptkbp:endDate	1989-02-15
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Russia's War in Afghanistan
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Magistral gptkb:Operation_Typhoon gptkb:Operation_Mountain_Eagle Operation Arrow Operation Baikal Operation Karera Operation Karmal Operation Khost Operation Panjsher Operation Salang Operation Shkval Operation Trap Operation Zafar
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Saur_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War_(1989–1992) gptkb:Rise_of_the_Taliban Al-Qaeda formation
gptkbp:result	Mujahideen victory Soviet withdrawal
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Geneva_Accords_(1988) gptkb:Operation_Storm-333 Battle for Kabul
gptkbp:startDate	1979-12-24
gptkbp:UNResolution	gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-6/2
gptkbp:weapon	gptkb:Stinger_missile gptkb:Mi-24_Hind_helicopter gptkb:AK-47 T-55 tank
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:David_Isby
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7